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Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

  • 175 g butter or margarine
  • 175 g caster suger
  • 3 eggs
  • 150 g flour
  • 50 g cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • For syrup
  • 1 cup water
  • 6 tbsp brown suger
  • 4 tsp rum
  • To serve
  • Icing sugar, for dusting
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Method

  1. Beat the suger & butter or margering together in a bowl until light and fluffy.
  2. Gradually add the eggs, beating well after each addition.
  3. Sift the fours,cocoa powder,baking powder & bicarbonate of soda together and
  4. carefully fold it into the mixture. Then add vanilla essence.
  5. Pour into the prepared tin & bake in a preheated oven 180C for 30 - 35 minutes.
  6. Leave the cake to cool in the tin for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
  7. To make the syrup, gently heat water, sugar, rum together in a small saucepan
  8. and bring to the boil for 3 minutes until soft.
  9. Drizzle the syrup over the cake and leave for at 1 hour to allow the syrup to soak in.
  10. Dust with the icing sugar before serving.
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Preparation Time: 30M
Cooking Time: 35M

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